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I was backing up files and moving them around between drives when all of a sudden I kept getting this "Short cut can't point to another Shortcut" type error. come to find out I'd deleted all of my Tool MP3's (About 300MB of non-album stuff) Boy was I pissed since I don't use the recycle bin. so here I am thinking I have to download them all again (and the site where I got them was down), When my neighbor pops out a technicians version of PowerQuest lost and found, and a little over 3 hours later I had all but 3 of my MP3's back (they couldn't be recovered for some reason). the Moral of the story is, double check your backups before deleting

About every 1-2 years I get a new notebook at work and have to transfer everything over. I get real paranoid about backups. I've started using a CD/RW drive. I like those better than tape for some reason.

Originally posted by jamesglewisf About every 1-2 years I get a new notebook at work and have to transfer everything over. I get real paranoid about backups. I've started using a CD/RW drive. I like those better than tape for some reason.

Originally posted by jamesglewisf About every 1-2 years I get a new notebook at work and have to transfer everything over. I get real paranoid about backups. I've started using a CD/RW drive. I like those better than tape for some reason.

Yea, I dont aggree.

I have ruined a CDRW, some how cause I got a file on there that was corrupt or soething happened. Anyways, reformatting the cdrw didn't even fix it. And I love love love my cdrw writer but I still get worried when i use it, cause of experices i have had...

i would like a tape drive for backups (one tape for the whole harddrive!) and my cdrw for cd copies.